Manchester synagogue attack latest: Multiple injured in car and stabbing incident

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said “it is believed that the offender is deceased” after reports of a stabbing outside a synagogue in the city.

Speaking to BBC Radio Manchester, the mayor said: “It is believed that the offender is deceased, although it’s not confirmed.

“So, that’s what I meant in saying that a degree of reassurance can be given that it’s not a developing, an ongoing, incident.

“It would appear that it is contained, although, obviously, the scene is very much an active scene.”

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has said she is “horrified” by the attack.

In a post on X she said: “I am horrified by the news of an attack at a synagogue in Manchester today, on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.”

A white lorry marked “Bomb Disposal” has arrived at the scene and gone behind the cordon outside the synagogue.

Sir Keir Starmer will fly home early from a meeting of European leaders to chair a Cobra meeting following the attack at a synagogue in Greater Manchester, it is understood.

Sir Keir Starmer said he was “appalled” at the attack at the synagogue in Crumpsall, adding: “The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more horrific.”

The synagogue incident was branded an “appalling attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year” by the Community Security Trust (CST).

The organisation, which monitors antisemitism in the UK, said: “CST is working with police and the local Jewish community following a serious incident at a synagogue in north Manchester.

“This appears to be an appalling attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year. We thank the GMP officers and synagogue security who responded immediately to deal with the incident.”

Peter Prinsley, Labour MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, has shared his “thoughts and prayers” with the victims of the attack today in post on X.